Letter Seeks Halt to Open Prison and Road on Cox's Bazar Forest Land
The voluntary group Environment People has written to 18 government officials seeking a halt to an open prison and a road being built on protected forest land in Cox's Bazar.
The voluntary group Environment People has written to 18 government officials seeking a halt to an open prison and a road being built on protected forest land in Cox's Bazar.
A teacher in Bauphal, Patuakhali, has built a collection of nearly 200 native and foreign species of timber, fruit and medicinal trees at his home and gives fruit and saplings away free.
A workshop mechanic in Barguna's Taltali upazila rears bird chicks that fall from storm-damaged nests and releases them into the forest, and is now raising two egrets and a cormorant.
Fisheries and Livestock Minister Sh M Rezaul Karim said at the opening of a tree fair in Pirojpur that tree felling is upsetting the natural balance and people must plant more trees.
The National Press Club has organised a tree-planting programme, opened by Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud.
The Forest Department will appoint 89 people to the post of forest guard, with applications open until 30 September.
Flies spread disease on poultry farms, and good litter management, hygiene and approved treatments are the way to keep them down.
Moniur Rana has fed mynas outside his shop in Jibannagar, Chuadanga, every day for three years, and the flock that comes to him has grown to about 200.
When a pigeon falls ill, keepers should give it saline and rice saline at once and make sure it keeps eating and does not become dehydrated.
A half-decomposed whale about 30 feet long, thought to be a baleen species, washed ashore on Kuakata beach on 3 September.
Dhaka North City Corporation mayor Atiqul Islam says plenty of trees must be planted to save Dhaka as the city's temperature keeps rising.
The Aziza-Rafiq Foundation has launched a tree and palm seed planting drive in Kotiadi, Kishoreganj, aiming to plant one lakh trees and one lakh palm seeds in 10 years.
Growers of off-season "auto" beans in Ishwardi, Pabna, have begun picking, but severe drought has cut yields while prices stay high.